The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

in London Her receipts have averaged over
81, 800 for each performance.
1T is suggested that if King Kalakaua doesn {
like his present job. he might fill with dis
tinction the vacant Mormon presidency.
MISS GABRIELLE GREELEY. the only surviv-
ing child of Horace Greeley. is passing the
summer on the old farm at Chappaqua with two
lady friends.
Mr. MARCUS c. STEARNs is the sole survivor
of Chicagos original Board of Trade He is
now " years old, very rich and has long been
out of business.
P r. BARNUM wants Bells statue of himself
placed in Central PARK. AS Phneas grows
older he still continues to grow more and more
retiring and modest.
QUoNG TART Chinaman of Sydney, Aus
tralia. who married Mclean woman a year or
so ago. has a little daughter who has been named
Victoria Jubilee Tart.
CHATHAM county, North Carolina has ven
cradle mule that is known to be ffty-seven years
old. He is described as looking Every sage"
and moving with 1.-The utmost elaboration"
A WOMAN in Petoskey. Mich. rubbed phos-
phorus on her bunlon before going to bed. In
the night her husband fred the bootJack at a
freely, and now his wife walks on clutches.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, of New Jersey,
has this season adopted a pleasant method of
passing few weeks. Accompanied by his
daughter he is making carriage tour of the
State of Pennsylvania and New York.
THE long and flowing locks which have for so
many years been marked feature of Secretary
Lamar's outward personality. have disappeared
before the iconociastic ravages of a BARRIERS
shears. Mr.. Lamar was not recognized by the
clerks in his department on his first appearance
after losing his locks.
A NORWICH, Conn, newspaper says that
there is in that city about five feet eight
inches tall whose beard is so long that when he
stands erect it reaches the floor and extends out
faaf ff1ltx ia % ar6
is six feet eight inches long and is the longest
known IN history or fiction.
MRS. HENN's yachting costume much ad-
mired at Bar Harbor when she went ashore.
The material was of white duck, with very
loose. blouse like waist and a broad rolling col
lar of dark blue. open at the throat, such as 10
worn by her Majesty's men-of-wars men. The
arms of the Royal Yacht Club were heavily en-
broidered on the sleeves. and a regular navy
cap completed the costume.
ALL the Eastern bath houses keep bathing
corsets regular thing, and nearly every
woman wears them this year. 1t used to be
that only actresses did that, but persons &C.
customed to corsets feel so uttery limp without
that, apart from the pretty appearance they
give the figure they are comfortable IN them
selves. OF they not laced tight
and are made of reeds instead of the usual
steels
'OUIDA" is at her villa in the suburbs of
Florence, two miles beyond the gate of San
Frediano. There she lives surrounded by in
Vulnerable dogs and with one old lady as her
sole companion. 'Ouida" has two well-devel-
oped fads-she delights in bright-colored de-
collete dresses and is passionately fond of dogs.
She is now about sixty years of age. Since the
appearance of "A Winter City" Florentine
society has somewhat snubbed her, and the
solitary life she leads is increasing her natural
cynicism.
BILL NYE was travelling recently on the Chi
cago G Northwestern road. when one of the
L
morous sketches. Much to his amazement Mr..
Nye discovered that the book was entirely com
posed of articles from his intellectual jack
plane a number of which had been copyrighted.
He had never before heard of the existence of
the volume, and he Immediately began suit
against the publishers Rhodes q Mcclure of
Chicago. for 500. 900 damages for infringement of
copyright.
THE Pope has sent the golden rose to Miss
Caldwell, daughter of the late William S. Cald-
we'll. of Louisville. Ky, the lady who made such
a munlfcent gift to the proposed Catholic Uni
versity. The golden rose" is an artstically
made branch of gold fligree work with roses
upon IT, which is blessed by the Pope on Latare
Sunday, and designed to be sent to those per-
sons of royal blood or to such cities as have
dered great service to the church. This is the
second time it has been sent outside the ranks
of royalty and to an American. The first per-
honored on fhis side of the Atlantic
Mrs. Ellen Ewing Sherman. wife of our distin-
guished fellow-citizen Gen. W. L. Sherman.
r. c. CRAWFORD writes from London to the
New York World that the paper with the larg-
est income England is the Daily Telegraph
Its circulation is nearly 100000. and its net
profits are 100000 It has fund of
$50 000, 900. The London Times has only about
GO 900 circulation Its net income is about $780,
600. The Standard has 2l0, 900 circulation and
clears about much the Times The circu-
latior of the Daily News is put at 100, 900, and
its profits at half million year. The Graphic
he cd naoh al
more than half million annually. Lloyds
Weekly is worth $780, 900 year TO the proprie-
tor None of the London papers anything
like enterprisng as the great dailies in the
United States
One OF the most interesting incidents of the
late war that told of General Lytls just before
he received his fatal wound at Chickamauga
He had made his brilliant charge into the midst
of the enemy, where all chances of retreat were
cut of. Suddenly he thrust his hand into his
coat pocket drew forth pair of kid gloves and
began putting them Asked by aid the
reason for this movement. so unexpected under
such thrilling circumstances the General
swered: Don't you see we are surrounded, and
that there but two alternatives left us-to
die surrenderl For my part propose to die
like gentleman" He drew his gloves and
soon after fell Those who knew General Lytle
in Cincinnati knew him De most punctilious
about the appointments of gentleman, but no
one ever supposed him capable of such incom-
parable GOODNESS.
VARzIN, Prince Bismarck's favorite domain,
is now considered the finest in all Pomerania
which is saying good deal, considering that
his next neighbor is the opulent Prince of
HoEenzollern-Sg maringen who bought the
larger half of the estates composing the original
Varzln dom mum, fifteen years ago. and who is
both able and willing to add to and improve
them. Prince Bismarck owns his portion for
now upward OF nineteen years. and has
srantly enlarged it by purchase and increased it's
value by prudent administration, more espe-
cially by extending and improving his forests,
which, like those of Friedrichsruhe. furnish most
of the wooden pavements in the streets of Ber-
lin. In the park of Varzin there still stands the
family mausoeum of the former owners, Count
and Countess Blumentha the preservation
of which of the conditions of sale.
A STORY is told of Van Amburg. the great
lion tanner, now dead. On one occasion, while
in bar-room, he was asked how he got his won